Radical
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
8
Mandarin
cuì
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
8 strokes
Strokes
11 strokes
Mandarin
cuì

Definitions by reading

zui6
Mandarin equivalent cuì
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng zui6 Chaoyang zui6 Chenghai zui6 Jieyang zui6 Raoping zui6 Shantou zui6
①cuì
②把烧红了的铸件往水或油或其他液体里一浸立刻取出来,用以提高合金的硬度和强度:~火 | ~砺 | ~勉。
③染:“得赵人徐夫人之匕首,取之百金,使工以药~~之” 。
④淬火,一种热处理工艺,把金属工件加热烧红往水或油等液体里一蘸,以提高其硬度和强度
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English meaning

quench; dye; soak; change, alter

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
清母 一等 合口 灰韵 去声 七內切
Reconstruction:
Original

染也,犯也,寒也。